Chapter 884: Bu Tian Zhi

The crescent moon hangs high in the sky, and a ray of silver light shines on the river. Zhang Zhixuan stood by the river, leaving a long reflection in the river.

The breeze blew, the treetops swayed gently, and the trees beside the avenue seemed like shadows.

Everything was quiet, except for the occasional sound of frogs croaking.

The fish jumped up from time to time, and there were waves of flapping sounds in the current.

Looking at the night scene in the distance, Zhang Zhixuan also had some mixed feelings in his heart.

When he was young, he and Qingchan often visited this small river. At that time, there were many fishing boats on the river, and countless Zhang family members on both sides of the river made a living by fishing.

Hundreds of years have passed, and there are no mortals around the huge Lingjing Mountain.

In nearly seven hundred years, Taicheng County has gone through great changes.

Even Zhang Zhixuan doesn’t have many old friends around him.

The relatives and friends of my youth have all turned into a handful of loess.

The only ones still accompanying him were Qing Chan and Han Yan.

In the dead of night, Zhang Zhixuan often feels an unspeakable loneliness.

Who should I tell this loneliness to?

Time has passed and years have passed, and it has been seven years since the Lanjiang Conference.

In the past seven years, Ziyang Sect has developed smoothly.

Tang Yisheng even hit the Nascent Soul bottleneck once. Even with the help of the Ying Ying spiritual creature, his foundation was far inferior to those who were favored by heaven like Zhang Zhixuan and Qing Chan. The Ying Ying still failed this time.

However, Tang Yinsheng and Li Yunxiu still have a high probability of becoming Nascent Soul.

During these seven years, Qingchan was still in retreat.

Before the retreat, Qingchan had made up his mind that he would never leave the retreat until he broke through the bottleneck.

Since the sword fight in the vast sea, Qingchan has been in seclusion for twelve years, and he doesn't know when he will succeed.

Zhang Zhixuan stood with his hands behind his back, raised his eyes and looked into the distance. Two sword lights shot out from the west and landed steadily behind Zhang Zhixuan.

These two people were Zhang Zhenlin and Liang Wangsheng, who were in charge of the sect's chores in Ziyang Sect.

These two people are both Jindan monks, and Liang Wangsheng is also a descendant of Patriarch Liang.

After the Heishan Liang family merged into the Qingxuan Sect, their development was smooth.

In the beginning, Wei Bohan, Kang Duhe and others took care of it, but later Liang Yuxian, Liang Wangsheng and other people who took the lead came out.

In one family, two Jindans have been cultivated. Although they are far inferior to the Zhang family of Tiantai Peak, their reputation is not weaker than that of the Jin Patriarchs.

"You two came here together. Could it be that something big happened to the sect?"

"Reporting to the ancestor of the sect, the head of the Tao family sent a letter, saying that his family has a plant of Butianzhi that has matured, and asked someone to deliver the letter to the sect."

"His family actually has a mature plant of Butianzhi. What does Tao Jing really want?"

"He hopes that the ancestor will accept his youngest son as his disciple, and also give a sixth-level spiritual talisman to the Tao family. In addition, he also hopes to merge the Tao Kingdom into our Ziyang Sect."

"Calculate the time, it has been six hundred years since Tao Boying died in the Moyun Cave. Ancestor Yu once issued an edict to keep the Tao family safe for six hundred years. It seems that the Tao family is looking for a way out. You two, tell me, Should we agree to the Tao family’s request?”

"How can we, the juniors, interfere in the sect's important matters?"

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Zhang Zhixuan didn't take it seriously, mentioned Dun Guang and returned to the sect.

Zhang Zhixuan had just returned to the mountain gate and found that Guyan, Lingjun, Hanyan and other Nascent Soul monks had arrived at the Patriarch Hall. Even heavyweight Jindan such as Tang Yinsheng and Li Yunxiu also received the news and returned to the mountain gate.

"Tao Jingzhen wrote a letter asking us to protect his people. What do you think?"

Among the Yuan Yings of the sect, Qing Chan has already closed the gate of death, and Liu Lingjun has also devoted himself to cultivation and no longer cares about such secular affairs.

Seeing Zhang Zhixuan asking questions, Liu Guyan pondered for a moment and was the first to speak.

"To be honest, the territory occupied by the sect is already very large. The nine southern wilderness countries of Wu, Yu, Song, Lai, Chen, Liang, Pei, Li, and Fei have all fallen under the control of the sect. Among these nine countries, Wu and Song are both big countries. They both have six-level spiritual mountains in their territory and have abundant products. Although the remaining seven countries are small countries, they also have vast territories. Moreover, the sect also occupies six counties of Qi and Nanhuang. Some of the enclaves belong to sects, and the territory we control is actually no less than the ten major sects of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although the Tao Kingdom is more densely populated and very far away from the core of the sect, this enclave is like useless food to the sect. It is a pity to abandon it because it is tasteless and has little effect on increasing the strength of the sect. "

Xia Youqing frowned and asked doubtfully: "Tao Jing really wants to go far away, so why doesn't he look for the nearby Mingshi Sect?"

The Mingshi Sect is a small sect in the Great Zhou Dynasty. There is only one Yuanying monk in the sect who has joined this sect. The Tao family has four Jindan monks, so it is easy to maintain a strong independence.

"It is not only the Mingshi Sect that is eyeing this fat piece of Tao family, but also a behemoth Dongxuan Sect. The Dongxuan Sect has made a message very early, asking the Tao family to dedicate Butianzhi to them. Although the Dongxuan Sect is the leader of the Great Zhou Dynasty, The weakest sect in the sect also has eight Nascent Souls and a great monk from the ninth level of the Nascent Soul. How dare the Mingshi Sect dare to compete with the Dongxuan Sect."

Han Yan nodded and asked Sihong, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "The Tao Kingdom's territory is close to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there is no teleportation array connected with the Ziyang Sect. If you want to control this place, the top priority is to build an ultra-long-distance teleportation array. Build such a teleportation array." The teleportation array is as expensive as cultivating a sixth-level spiritual vein. Is the balance in the sect’s treasury sufficient now?”

Judging from Han Yan's intentions, he obviously wanted to swallow this piece of fat meat from the Tao family in his mouth.

Zhang Sihong nodded and said, "There have been no major wars in recent years. Although the development investment has been increased, the annual surplus of the sect still exceeds hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. Over the past hundred years, the spirit stones accumulated in the sect's treasury have exceeded 40 million. Not to mention building an ultra-long-distance teleportation array, even if it is to build three, the sect's financial resources are sufficient."

"The cultivators in the Tao family's territory are of little use to us, but that Bu Tianzhi is the foundation of the sect's development. This spiritual herb is one of the three main ingredients of Peiying Pill. This is why Dongxuan Sect has set its sights on this thing."

There is also a collection of Peiying Pill recipes in Ziyang Sect. Zhang Zhixuan is also a sixth-level lower-grade alchemist, so he naturally knows the importance of this thing to Ziyang Sect.

In addition to the talents of Zhang Zhixuan and Qingchan, another important factor for the development of Ziyang Sect in recent years is the battle exploits in the Demon Cloud Cave.

The high-level cultivators of the sect have gone deep into the Demon Cloud Cave several times to risk their lives, hunting down demon cultivators in exchange for spiritual objects to form infants. Xia Youqing and Hanyan both rely on Jiuxiao Gangyu to form infants.

The decisive battle of the Demon Cloud Cave will soon come. After eliminating the Wanjie Patriarch, the Jiuxiao Gangyu in the hands of Qingyunzi and Yu Daoren will only be left to the disciples. If Ziyang Sect wants to continue to develop, it must prepare for the rainy day and make plans early.

Ziyang Sect must seize the Tao family's sixth-level Bu Tianzhi, even if it offends Dongxuan Sect, Zhang Zhixuan will not hesitate.